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{{Bridge Models Buyers Guide}} =====Structures=====

All joints in '''Framed Structures''' are assumed to be '''Pin Joints''' and capable of swivelling. {{Construction Kits Buyers Guide}}

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* Look at large framework structures ''(e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truss_bridge truss bridges], [http:// * Link the triangles together to form pyramid like structures ''(e.g. either square or triangular)''.

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...expansion and contraction, for example, and to ensure the '''[[Reactions (structures)|Reaction]]''' at that point is always vertical)''. {{Construction Kits Buyers Guide}}

...ipedia.org/wiki/Cross_bracing '''cross-bracing'''] and can be seen in some structures where steel wires are used or metal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_rod ' ...gonal bracing''' and '''cross bracing''' are both used in full size bridge structures.

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Consider that modules can be assembled into tall narrow structures in addition to wide low ones. Although they are normally positioned against {{Lounge Storage Buyers Guide}}

...using the width of a '''[[Rules and Straight Edges|wooden ruler]]''' as a guide. | Always try to think of 3D, box-like structures as a series of flat frames joined together and make these first.

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...s ''''Pop' Riveting''' extremely useful for joining tubes and other hollow structures. {{Solid Rivets Buyers Guide}}

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...for a '''[[Simply Supported Beam]]''' about either of the '''[[Reactions (structures)|Reactions]]''' ''(or supports)'' from any point a distance ''''x'''' from {{Construction Kits Buyers Guide}}

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Arches are simple structures which are very good at transmitting applied loads down to the ground as com {{Card Modelling Buyers Guide}}

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...ry higher loads than '''Csk.Hd. Rivets'''. They useful for sheet metalwork structures where the thickness of sheet precludes countersinking. {{Solid Rivets Buyers Guide}}

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...ong'''] should also be on hand ''(e.g. for packing or solving a particular structures application)'' | Plain wooden spring type clothes pegs can be glued on to structures using '''[[Glues and Pastes|PVA]]''' to provide a good anchorage for bearin

...h some ceramic or crystal materials ''(e.g. quartz)'' the '''[[Crystalline Structures|Crystalline Structure]]''' expands slighty. If a piece of such a [https://e {{Bells/Buzzers/Mics/Speakers Buyers Guide}}

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...''' or ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperboloid_structure '''Hyperboloid structures'''] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_Bridge '''The Mathematic {{Drawing Instruments Buyers Guide}}

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...nt Romans'''] who were the first to apply the technique to a wide range of structures and the use of arches springing directly from the tops of columns, as with {{Bridge Models Buyers Guide}}

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...would have been used mainly as anti-personnel weapons, or to destroy light structures, whereas less accurate weapons such as an '''[[Onager]]''', could hit reinf {{Box Modelling Buyers Guide}}

| These are commonly used for bolting timber structures together. They have a square shank under the head which jams inside the dri {{Nuts and Bolts Buyers Guide}}

...d took 20 years to build and, over the next 1000 years, many of these huge structures were created. Early pyramids were built as a series of steps which were fac {{Stripwood Frames Buyers Guide}}

* As a general guide, the following temperatures and colours are used: ...erature and the rate of cooling all affect changes in its '''[[Crystalline Structures]]''' in addition to controlling the type, size and distribution of '''[[All